In Māori mythology, Ārohirohi is the goddess of mirages and shimmering heat and is the wife of Tama-nui-te-rā (the Sun). She created Mārikoriko, the first woman, from a mirage and then asked Paoro (E...

In the religion of Ancient Greece, Apate was the personification of deceit. Her mother was Nyx, the personification of night. Her Roman equivalent was Fraus (i.e. "fraud").Her siblings were Geras, th...

Mohini (Devnagari:मोहिनी, Mohinī) is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as a femme fatale, an enchantress, who maddens lovers, sometimes leading them to their doom. Mohin...

In Roman mythology, Fraus was the goddess or personification of treachery and fraud.She was daughter of Orcus and Night (Nyx). She was depicted with a woman's face, the body of a snake, and on her ta...

In Roman mythology, Laverna was a goddess of thieves, cheats and the underworld. She was propitiated by libations poured with the left hand. The poet Horace and the playwright Plautus call her a godde...

Eris (/ˈɪərɪs, ˈɛrɪs/; Greek: Ἔρις, "Strife") is the Greek goddess of chaos, strife and discord. Her name is the equivalent of Latin Discordia, which means "discord". Eris' Greek opposite is Harmonia...

Discordianism is a religion and subsequent philosophy based on the veneration or worship of the Eris Discordia, the Goddess of chaos, or archetypes or ideals associated with her. It was founded after ...